Vote no on H.J. Res. 140.

I vote no on H.J. Res. 140. The Boundary Waters is a public asset — one of the most visited wilderness areas in the country. Sulfide-ore copper mining has a documented record of permanent water contamination. Every major U.S. copper sulfide mine has experienced spills or treatment failures. Some generate acid drainage that will require treatment forever. This mine would sit upstream of the watershed. The company proposing this mine is Chilean-owned. The copper goes to China for processing. Americans bear the environmental risk. The profit leaves. That is not an America First policy. It is a foreign extraction operation on American public land, enabled by congressional action. I oppose this resolution and ask you to vote no.